The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 18, 2005

ISRO's success
IT MUST HAVE been with a sense of pride that the Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman, Mr Madhavan Nair, presented to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, last week the first images beamed by Cartosat-1, the remote sensing satellite that ... More

AGRICULTURE

Now for the non-resident farmer
CANADA is rolling out the red carpet for Indian talent. No, not for software experts but for the wheat and paddy farmers of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. The news will cause considerable consternation in India. So far, ... More

POLITICS

One year of UPA rule — Some successes, some disappointments
Six out of 10 is what the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has awarded his Government for its achievements in the first year of office. Even by this assessment, the plusses just about score over the minuses. Rasheeda Bhagat looks at the perf ormance and sees more work ahead for the UPA alliance regime. More

Forgotten duty
WHILE most commentators dwell at length on the need for strategies and mechanisms to combat terrorism, they make scant mention of the corresponding duty of governments, civil societies and international agencies to mitigate the sufferings of the ... More

TAXATION

Stamp duty: Born four centuries ago and still going strong
FOR a change, the recent news on stamp paper does not have the usual words Telgi and scam, but talks about the design changes. The new stamp papers are printed on special security paper with special security inks and ... More

WOOL

The polemics of wool
Even as animal welfare and protection bodies do not countenance mulesing, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Australian Veterinary Association and the Australian Government's Chief Veterinary Officer recognise the practic e as an effective precautionary husbandry procedure to prevent breech-fly strike. More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS